U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) have reintroduced the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at curbing rampant sexual harassment and assault of ...

A group of investors, including a former governor of Tennessee, has made a bid to bring a professional women’s basketball team to the Volunteer State.

There was a rash of car burglaries or attempted car burglaries on Sunday night and Monday morning in the Sequoyah Hills neighborhood, the Knoxville Police Department reported.

A Humboldt man pled guilty to a drug charge after a search of his commercial property yielded drugs, firearms, and $153,000 in drug proceeds ...

The Casper Reentry Center's two wings help convicts relearn "pro-social" behaviors and basic life skills to ease their reintroduction life outside jail — and reduce recidivism.

Arizona death row inmate Aaron Gunches has asked to be executed next month. This comes as Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney ...

A press freedom group representing the Indiana Capital Chronicle has filed a lawsuit in Marion Superior Court against the Indiana Department of Correction, alleging that the state agency violated ...

Former Tennessee Department of Correction employee Rustin Bowen is convicted of charges involving multiple child victims.

The state's private prisons see higher numbers of deaths and sexual assaults while providing less opportunity for support and education.

Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to die by lethal injection next week want his execution halted so they can get more ...

Tennessee was one of 23 Republican state government trifectas at the start of 2025 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a ...